lambda and TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Question

I'm trying to use the lambda function.

import random
from string import ascii_letters

choice = lambda x: x[int(random()* len(x))]

print(choice("azerty"))

But I get an error :

TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

I'm confused. Can you help me ? Thanks.

In general, lambda expressions are not meant to be assigned to variables. You should use `def` for that — Tomerikoo, Feb 18 '20 at 20:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '20 at 20:26

Use this. random is a module which contains a function called random. You can use it by doing random.random().

choice = lambda x: x[int(random.random()* len(x))]

If you want you random() directly then use this.

from random import random
choice = lambda x: x[int(random()* len(x))]

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